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    Early Hatch for Jumbo Coturnix Quail Eggs - Any Insight?

    I would think 1 degree might shave off a maybe day or so, not that much time… and would probably result in development issues wouldn’t it? (Incidentally I had more trouble with extra thermometers than without, on my kebonix incubator)
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    1 giant egg today

    Haha we got one long one the other day too! Wondering if it is a double yolk. We have one hen out of 6 that is routinely laying much bigger eggs (not the very oblong one I’m talking about though) than the others, we are hoping to keep her (once we figure out who it is!) and maybe the next...
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    Float ball indicator for water bottle?

    Yes, but all of them contain metal and have places that you can’t really clean out. I used to fish constantly. Like— dawn to dusk from age 4-24 until I got too busy with kids who weren’t interested 😣. But I did just find creatology “sensory balls” that are available at different craft stores...
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    Float ball indicator for water bottle?

    Oh i suppose, i didn’t really think of that. The problem with plastic bobbers is that they are not entirely waterproof, so may harbor mold or bacteria if used for a while.
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    Float ball indicator for water bottle?

    I was thinking about how hard it is to see the level through those somewhat translucent but really too opaque white quart water bottles for poultry. I am using them until i get a watering system set up in my quail cages, but I am often right up next to the cage and can’t see the water level...
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    Coyle chick wanderers aimlessly, pecking and sometimes squawking

    Yeah, it wasn’t any better this morning, added vitamin boosts weren’t helping. and I just don’t have time to keep worrying about it this next two weeks we have community choral concerts On back to back weekends. So I asked my husband to cull it. So there are seven left. As you note It...
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    Weak baby quail?

    Hope it’s doing better, sometimes you get one that just won’t thrive. I am having that issue with one quail that may not make it after a week and a half (the last one to hatch). So scanning the threads for ideas. It’s subtle right now but seems aimless and going through the motions like it’s...
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    Failure to thrive? Wry neck?

    How did she do?
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    Coyle chick wanderers aimlessly, pecking and sometimes squawking

    OK, my second batch of quails are about a week and a half old and the youngest one had a little bit of curly toes and I put tape on them for a day, and some electrolytes in the water and seemed to be doing ok until the last couple of days. It seems to have slowed its growth and it hasn’t figured...
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    Our neighbor farm wants fox for killing rats

    I think they typically move their litters around a lot between several den sites if I’m not mistaken. I have heard of the human urine trick. Not sure how well it will work but If he’s worried about being seen he could do it in a bottle all day and then disperse as needed. I think citrus is...
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    Coop ideas for new Quail parents

    My husband got a lot of ideas from the coturnix corner YouTube channel for easy to clean cages, but they’re for inside a shed or garage. I’m not sure if he has ideas for an outdoor version- it gets super hot here in MN also in summer and plenty of storms usually too.
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    Yay it worked ! (First baby jumbo coturnix)

    Heh, we have 21 in the incubator (I accidentally broke one or we would have 22) so hopefully more girls than that!
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    Yay it worked ! (First baby jumbo coturnix)

    Here’s one of the boys. We also have one boy with a crossed bill so he will probably go in the freezer once he’s big enough. As well, most of the rest of the boys. Poor guys!
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    Yay it worked ! (First baby jumbo coturnix)

    Here’s our single lady
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    Yay it worked ! (First baby jumbo coturnix)

    On what in particular? I am having to start /make another brooder tub because these guys are big enough now that they are overcrowded. Hubby has to make a new lid like the one he made for the original. He’s also working on building those stacking cages that have the automatic egg roller trays...
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